Within-colony migration of symbionts during bleaching of octocorals

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-256

  Parrin, Austin P ^a   Harmata, Katherine L ^a   Netherton, Sarah E ^a   Yaeger, Mark A ^a   Bross, Lori S ^a   Blackstone, Neil W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLEACHING; COLONY; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; PERTURBATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT;

EID: 84869026267     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv223n2p245     Document Type: Article

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